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Akpakpa — 41 MW Natural Gas

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Akpakpa is a 41 MW gas power plant located in Benin. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
41 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Benin Power Company

Operator

Location
6.35, 2.43

Coordinates

Insights

#1
largest in %s
#3,880
largest %s worldwide
#15,096
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
41 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Benin Power Company
Country
BEN
Coordinates
6.351, 2.430

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
78,229 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.3M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

17,006
cars / year
10,431
homes / year
3.6M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Akpakpa is a 40.5 MW gas power plant in Benin, with a single operator and commissioned in 2014.

Ranked #1 of 1 gas plants in Benin. Its 40.5 MW represents 100% of Benin’s total gas capacity of 40 MW. The largest gas plant in Benin is Akpakpa at 40 MW, making it the only gas facility in the country.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Cotonou (20 MW, Oil). The facility is located in the Littoral Department, approximately 10 km from Cotonou.

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